Mountain East Medical Center leadership shift in the purchasing department

            Mountain East Medical Center today received resignation letter from Wilkinson, the head of the purchasing department requesting to resign effectively. His resignation is effective immediately. He will be replaced by the assistant head of the department, Johnny Toler, who has been with the hospital for 13 years.

            Wilkinson was a 1972 graduate of the state university’s school of hospital administration. He came to Mountain East Medical Center in 1975 after working for a small rural community hospital as purchasing chief. He will take a job as a purchasing agent with City Memorial Hospital.

            Toler’s background is in pharmacy. He began as an assistant druggist in the hospital pharmacy 13 years ago and was moved to the purchasing department in 1978 as an assistant after the hospital pharmacy closed. Toler’s wife, Carolyn, is head of the gynecology department at MEMC. They have two children.

            Hospital administrator Harry Illscott had this comment: “Bob’s abilities will be greatly missed at this hospital, but I know that Johnny Toler is a person we can all depend on to do whatever is necessary to keep his department going. I have great faith in him and in this hospital.”

You can find out more from the hospital’s website, www.Mountain East Medical Center.org

 

 

 

The grand opening for new doughnut factory in Repton, Alabama

            Repton city officials had been bargaining for the new plant for two years. At least 12 small towns in Tennessee, Georgia, and Mississippi also wanted to be the site of the new plant. Repton was chosen because of its desirable location, the low interest rates local banks offered for development, and the willingness of city officials to help build roads and sidewalks, waste disposal facilities, and recreation areas near the plant.

            Repton currently has a 14 percent unemployment rate, slightly below the state average. However, its main industry, a shoe factory, is reducing its payroll by half at the beginning of next year. Construction on the $3 million doughnut factory is slated to begin on March 31. A tentative completion date of November 15 is set, and the factory should be in full operation by the beginning of next year.

            The plant will provide 700 jobs for local people, and more than 100 families are expected to be brought in to work for the company. The plant will make and package doughnuts for shipping to all parts of Alabama.

For more information, please visit the company’s website.